Railway-rail and rail-joint.



No. 736,566. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903. i

- J. TBLLER.

RAILWAY RAIL AND RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 16. 1902.

N0 MODELr -1 j 5 6 1mm] Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH TELLER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL AND RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,566, dated August18, 1903.

Application filed December 16, 1902. Serial No. 135,412. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, JOSEPH TELLER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway- Rails and Rail-Joints, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to railways, and par ticularly to that class known as rail-joints.

The object of the invention is to produce a rail-joint and means ofattachment obviating the employment of the ordinary fish-plates and theplurality of bolts which are usually required.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a rail-jointhaving interlocking connections and means for exerting a binding forcelongitudinally of the rail-sections for retaining the interlockingconnections in engagem'ent.

Furthermore, the obj eot of the invention is to produce a rail-j oint inwhich the interlocking and bracing parts, except the binding agent, areformed integral with the rail-sections, thus doing away with amultiplicity of.

parts which usually add to the cost of railway construction.

Finally, the object of the invention is to produce a rail-joint whichwill prove strong, durable, and efficient in use, simple inconstruction, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. V

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this speeiticatiomwherein likecharacters denote corresponding-parts in the several views, and inwhich--.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the meeting ends of two railsembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of the arrow.

In the drawings, 4 denotes the rails, having the usual head and wheelsurface. The web 5 near the meeting ends and at the ends is considerablythicker than the web of an ordinary rail. In fact,it is of approximatelythe same width as the bottom of the rail-head. The base-flanges 6 are ofthe ordinary type. The web near each end of the rail is apertured, as at7, and holes 8 extend longitudinally of the web from the apertures tothe end of the rail. The holesof the meeting ends are formed to coincidein order that the bolt 9 may be run therethrough and through the mediumof the nuts 10 drawn to clamp the meeting ends of the rails.

The meeting ends of the rails are provided with tongue-and-grooveconnections 11 to effect a more rigid union of the parts.

A washer 12 is curved to the contour of the web, or preferably thewasher has a sharper curve than the contour of the web in order that itsresiliency will cause said washer to bear against the nut withsufficient force as to act as a lock for the nut.

The construction, operation, and advantages will, it is thought, beapparent from the foregoing description and illustration, it being notedthat various changes in the propor tions and details of construction maybe resorted to for successfully carrying the invention into practicewithout departing from its scope.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rail-joint the combination with the meeting ends of rails inwhich the webs have longitudinally-disposed holes, of a bolt in theholes of the web and nuts for binding the sections of the rail together.

2. In a rail-joint, the combination With the meeting ends of rails, saidrails having thickened webs with apertures transversely thereof andother holes longitudinally thereof, of a bolt run through thelongitudinal openings and nuts threaded on the bolt, as and for thepurpose described.

A rail-joint comprising two rails with 111- terlocking connections attheir ends, the said rails having thickened webs with transverse andlongitudinal apertures and a bolt in the longitudinal apertures fordrawing the sections together, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a rail-joint the combination with the meeting ends of a rail,means for affording an I In testimony whereof I affix my signature,interlocking connection of the ends, the Webs in the presence of twoWitnesses, this 13th day of the rails being thick and having longitudiofDecember, 1902.

nal apertures, said Webs having transverse JOSEPH TELLER. 5 openingsintersecting the longitudinal aper- Witnesses:

tures and a bolt run through the longitudinal JOHN NOLAND,

apertures, as and for the purpose described, vJ. P. APPLEMAN.

